The Old Man and the Three

On this week’s episode we welcome two Houston icons: NBA legend Tracy McGrady and rap legend Bun B. They open the conversation with Bun B sharing the story of starting his extremely successful burger restaurant, Trill Burgers, and the importance of his relationships from the music industry. Then T-Mac shares why he was drawn to Houston and then takes us through the beginning of his NBA career with...

On this week’s episode we welcome Nicolas Batum of the Los Angeles Clippers and Cam Johnson of the Brooklyn Nets. Cam joins at the start of the episode to discuss the New York Knicks firing head coach Tom Thibodeau and his thoughts on the NBA Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers. Then, Batum joins the show to preview the Finals as well before talking us through the rest of h...

On this week's episode we assembled a crew that you just need to hear to believe: the legendary Bomani Jones, comedian Stavros Halkias, and Trey Murphy III of the New Orleans Pelicans. The crew discusses NBA topics such as who can be the face of the league and the changing of the guard with young superstars, what changes need to be made to the league, if any, the state of NBA media, the 82-game se...

This week we welcome ESPN’s Jay Bilas to the show alongside the New Orleans Pelicans’ Trey Murphy III. This was such a great, well-round hoops conversation; the group begins by sharing their reactions to this past weekend’s Game 7 between the Denver Nuggets and Oklahoma City Thunder. They then preview the NBA Eastern and Western Conference Finals between the Thunder vs. Minnesota Timberwolves and...

On this week’s episode of ‘The Young Man and the Three’ we welcome Dallas Mavericks forward Naji Marshall, hosted by his best friend Trey Murphy of the New Orleans Pelicans. It’s a truly hilarious episode with both of them. Naji shares where he was on the night of the NBA Draft lottery and his thoughts on the Dallas Mavericks securing the number one pick and top prospect Cooper Flagg. Trey and Naj...

Trey Murphy of the New Orleans Pelicans and Nekias Duncan & Steve Jones Jr. of ‘The Dunker Spot’ break down the Dallas Mavericks winning the NBA Draft Lottery and the presumed sweepstakes for Cooper Flagg, as well as the New York Knicks (Jalen Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns, Mikal Bridges) taking a 3-1 series lead over the Boston Celtics (Jayson Tatum and his injury, Jaylen Brown). They also prev...

On this week’s episode, we welcome Pat Spencer of the Golden State Warriors and Cam Spencer of the Memphis Grizzlies, as well as Cam Johnson of the Brooklyn Nets. Cam Johnson opens up the episode by breaking down what we’ve seen so far in the second round of the NBA playoffs, including the New York Knicks Game 2 comeback over the Boston Celtics, Tyrese Haliburton’s game winner, and the rest of the...

We’re backing with another Monday morning NBA playoffs recap with Trey Murphy III (New Orleans Pelicans) & Nekias Duncan and Steve Jones Jr. of ‘The Dunker Spot’ podcast. Today we’re reacting to and breaking down what we saw in the Golden State Warriors Game 7 victory over the Houston Rockets, the Indiana Pacers Game 1 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers in the second round, as well as previewing...

*This episode was recorded on March 30* On this week’s episode we welcome point guard T.J. McConnell of the Indiana Pacers. T.J. opens up about his career up to this point including his University of Arizona teams in college, the start of his career on the Philadelphia 76ers with Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons, and this season’s Pacers team. He also shares his relationship with Los Angeles Lakers hea...

We're back with another NBA playoffs breakdown with Trey Murphy of the New Orleans Pelicans and 'The Dunker Spot' to discuss another things Anthony Edwards and the Timberwolves vs. Luka Doncic and the Lakers, Damian Lillard's injury, the dramatic ending to Knicks vs. Pistons, and much, much more. Let's go. 0:00 Intro 0:41 Start of show 1:21 Lakers vs. Wolves 13:40 Knicks vs. Pistons 23:00 Pacers v...

On this episode of ‘The Young Man and the Three,’ we’re joined by Steve Nash (NBA legend, Mind the Game Podcast) and YM3 favorite Cam Johnson (Brooklyn Nets for a check-in on the first round of the NBA playoffs (Nuggets vs. Clippers, Lakers vs. Wolves, Thunder vs. Grizzlies, Pacers vs. Bucks, Pistons vs. Knicks, Warriors vs. Rockets, Cavs vs. Heat). Steve and Cam also share learnings from their ow...

On this special episode of ‘The Young Man and the Three,’ we create a superteam with Trey Murphy III of the New Orleans Pelicans and Nekias Duncan and Steve Jones Jr. of ‘The Dunker Spot’ to discuss all reactions and takeaways for each Game 1 of the first round of the NBA playoffs. Let’s go! 0:00 Intro 1:25 Warriors vs. Rockets 6:14 Knicks vs. Pistons 10:20 Bucks vs. Pacers 14:55 Clippers vs. Nugg...

On this episode of ‘The Young Man and the Three’ we welcome back Cam Johnson of the Brooklyn Nets to discuss how he’s feeling at the end of his season and preview the four playoff matchups we had locked before the play-in tournament: Indianapolis Pacers vs. the Milwaukee Bucks, New York Knicks vs. Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Lakers vs. Minnesota Timberwolves, and Los Angeles Clippers vs. Denver N...

On this episode of ‘The Young Man and the Three’ we welcome Quentin Grimes of the Philadelphia 76ers for his first ever podcast appearance. And he didn’t disappoint. Quentin shares all things about starting his career with the New York Knicks, his time with the Dallas Mavericks and the team finding out about the Luka Doncic trade, being traded to the Sixers, and what led to his breakout at the end...

We’ve formed a superteam for this week’s episode of ‘The Young Man and the Three’: Duncan Robinson, Ryen Russillo, and Big Cat. They start the episode with Russillo recalling some stories from the beginning of his career before they get into a discussion about NCAA basketball, starting with Big Cat’s huge bet on Florida’s National Championship. They then have an in-depth convo about the current ef...

For this episode of ‘The Young Man and the Three Things’ we welcome back Alex Caruso and Jalen Williams of the NBA-best Oklahoma City Thunder, as well as Trey Murphy of the New Orleans Pelicans. Trey opens the episode by sharing his thoughts on the Thunder season, their addition of Isaiah Hartenstein, the leap Jalen has taken in his career, and also Nikola Jokic’s (Denver Nuggets) 60-point triple...

We’re so excited to welcome Pascal Siakam and Andrew Nembhard of the Indiana Pacers to ‘The Young Man and the Three’ this week, also joined by Trey Murphy III of the New Orleans Pelicans. We start off the episode catching up with Trey about his season-ending injury, what his recovery process looks like, and his review of HBO’s ‘The White Lotus.’ Then, Pascal and Andrew join to discuss the state of...

On this week’s episode of ‘The Young Man and the Three’ we welcome back Minnesota Timberwolves guard Donte DiVincenzo! The Big Ragu. Donte opens up by sharing how he’s gotten acclimated to his role on the Wolves since the start of the season, and praises the young depth on the Wolves. He also shares what Mike Conley and his experience and poise mean to the roster. Donte also explains what Julius R...

We have an amazing episode of ‘The Young Man and the Three’ this week with ESPN’s Shams Charania, Enjoy Basketball’s Kenny Beecham, and Brooklyn Nets forward Cam Johnson. The episode opens with Kenny, Cam, and Tommy Alter discussing the current NBA MVP race between Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Oklahoma City Thunder) and Nikola Jokic (Denver Nuggets). Then, Shams joins the show. Shams and Kenny share h...

On this week’s episode of ‘The Young Man and the Three’ we welcome Alex Caruso of the Oklahoma City Thunder and Trey Murphy III of the New Orleans Pelicans. To start the episode, Trey shares what it was like facing the Los Angeles Lakers with Luka Doncic for the first time and discuss everything surrounding the trade for the Dallas Mavericks with Jason Gallagher. Then, Alex opens up his interview...

On this week’s episode of ‘The Young Man and the Three’ we welcome Norm Powell of the Los Angeles Clippers and Cam Johnson of the Brooklyn Nets. Cam opens the episode by brainstorming with Tommy different ways to fix and help all-star weekend going forward. After, Norm begins with discussing his basketball beginnings in South California and attending UCLA, the difficulties he dealt with in his col...

We have a loaded episode of ‘The Young Man and the Three’ this week. The episode opens with Tommy Alter and Trey Murphy of the New Orleans Pelicans discussing Brandon Ingram being traded from the Pelicans to the Toronto Raptors. Then Duncan Robinson (Miami Heat) and Cam Johnson (Brooklyn Nets) join to discuss trends in the NBA and have a fascinating, in-depth discussion about jumpshooting, their r...

On this special episode of ‘The Young Man and the Three’ we are joined by Duncan Robinson of the Miami Heat and Cam Johnson of the Brooklyn Nets to discuss all things NBA trade deadline. The break down Luka Doncic being traded to the Los Angeles Lakers, Jimmy Butler being traded from the Miami Heat to the Golden State Warriors, share honest thoughts about what’s it like being involved in trade tal...

On this week’s episode of ‘The Young Man and the Three’ we welcome Trey Murphy of the New Orleans Pelicans and Bilal Coulibaly of the Washington Wizards. Trey and Tommy opens the episode with Trey sharing his honest thoughts about the Dallas Mavericks trading Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis, as well as the San Antonio Spurs trading for De’Aaron Fox. Trey also explains what...

On this week's episode of 'The Young Man and the Three' we welcome Austin Reaves of the Los Angeles Lakers and Duncan Robinson of the Miami Heat. Austin and Duncan had an amazing convo. They start of the episode discussing what JJ Redick is like as coach of the Lakers and Austin’s unique relationship with him, and the important of forming relationships with your teammates and coaches outside of ba...